In 2014, the NPR podcast Serial became the medium’s first mega hit, ultimately downloaded over 86 million times. Developed by the producers of This American Life, the 12-episode Serial (the first of what would be three seasons focusing on three different subjects) saw journalist Sarah Koenig investigating the 1999 murder of a Baltimore high school student, Hae Min Lee. There were many who believed, at the time and now, that the man arrested for her murder — her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, also in high school at the time — was innocent. Serial went deep into the particulars of the … The post ‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ Review: HBO Series Offers a New Perspective on the Riveting Tale appeared first on Collider.